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Students arrived at University Health Services suffering from diarrhea, vomiting and stomach cramps...
...above her ideal body weight. After trying all sorts of diets that didn't work, the daughter of Beach Boy Brian Wilson and member of the now disbanded pop trio Wilson Phillips turned to a drastic last resort: gastric-bypass surgery. Doctors sewed up most of her stomach, reducing it to a tiny receptacle that holds several tablespoonfuls at best, and isolated much of her small intestine to reduce nutrient absorption. Result: filled to bursting after just a few swallows, she simply couldn't eat the way she used to. In three years, Wilson dropped an astonishing 150 lbs. What...
...much ghrelin as most people of normal weight. "It was based on only five people," he says, "and it's quite possible that had we studied a sixth, he would not show that." Still, the conclusion makes sense on its face. Ghrelin is produced mostly by cells in the stomach; if large parts of that organ are cut off from the rest of the digestive system, they may well stop churning out the hormone...
There are risks with this approach. Like any medication, Zoloft can trigger side effects, including upset stomach, fatigue and agitation. Interestingly, those side effects could very easily be confused with the symptoms...
...head; Onizawa blocked it but the metal tore into his arm. A second blow ripped through his shirt and the flesh on his shoulder. For good measure, the taller guy kicked him so hard that Onizawa fell to the ground. The guy with the pipe then went for his stomach and his knee. "I thought they were going to kill me," Onizawa recalls. But a bicyclist came into view and the assailants fled. "I felt so helpless," Onizawa says. "I couldn't fight back...